It was that time again to get anna ready for the weekend. I brought the car over to ma-motorsports for a retune. Ray helped me out big time and got my car running awesome.
The night of the race, im packing up and waiting for the crew to come over. Figured i’d give the car a street test real fast. My luck, i get into boost and my hood flys up! I felt like total crap and hoped for the best. Luckily it didn’t spider and just left a cross.
With barely any sleep my brother jon and I head out to e-town. Got there with no problems only thinking how the car will do with tech. Once we rolled in we got our spot and started setting up. Tech rolled through, luckily the guys at xdc gave me the ok.
Had the driving’s meeting, and listened to what they wanted to see. I didn’t get to drive the layout yet. So it was gonna be an interesting one!
The layout was pretty fast and long. It took a toll on the tires, getting only several laps out of a set.
Practice came along and it was time to do work. At first i took it slow and tried to get comfortable with the track. I quickly released that you had to go fast, and i had to keep it in 3rd the whole way. I couldn’t let off the gas and really follow the line.
After a few runs, i concentrated on being smoother and pushed myself to do better.
Thanks to Jon, Ray, and the crew the car held up pretty well and she continued to take the beating. I am truely blessed to have these guys with me, without them i wouldn’t be behind the wheel.
This is probably the best anna has performed, and i will do my best to make it better. As long as it keep driving and work for it the car will be amazing.
Once it came to qualifying, pressure and realization started to kick in. The field was fairly large and the cars were up to par. My car doesn’t make much power but i had to do my best and drive it like i should.
First run goes by, do the entry and halfway through the track, i over rotate coming off the bank. Several people had trouble there and the track was very momentum. I tried to brush off and not thing what happened and lay down something good.
Second run i hucked the car into the entry and drove all hyped. Midway through the first clip i corrected and lead me to losing my line and powerband. I continued the rest of the track and did my run.
Deep down, i knew it wasn’t enough to make it. and i just had to learn from the mistakes. From what i heard i missed top 16 by only a couple spots. Although there was several others for missed it as well.
On competition day we sat around since we didn’t make top 16. But out of the blue petty came around lettin us know we could practice and run tandem!
I paired up with nate a couple time to see how i followed. Figures we shared a similar style, big angle and lots of smoke! I tried to match his line, car, and get as close as possible. Definately a fun time and i look forward to doing more tandem now. It pushes me to drive harder.
Once tandem was done and the destruction cooled down for a bit. It was time to watch the top 16 battles.
I parked the car over at the ESR booth, and watch the event from the watch towers.
Had a great time driving and hanging out with the team. I look forward to driving even more now that the car is getting better. Now it’s time to work for it, and get the car up to par. Until then, see ya at the next track day.
Thanks to the guys at XDC for making this a great event, and thank you to my sponsors for getting me out on the track.
